Monday, 17 December 2018

55028 awaits completion and return to the Swanage Railway. There had been rain through Saturday, and some of this was frozen early on Sunday, along with high condensation.

62938 has been the MBC in 5-WES 442402. For the past 30 years this was equipped with four EE546 traction motors, taken from the 4-REP units of 1966-74 build. This coach is believed to be subject to a so far incomplete modernisation to ac traction from Kiepe, such that when 442402 was dragged to Bournemouth on 25th October, this coach was left behind, as was another from 442419. The resistor grids appear to have been removed - compare with this record shot of 62951. It is currently shunted to almost the end of a long storage siding - suggesting that work on it must be paused.

"They are stored out in the works yard, and not in a fit state to be moved to Bournemouth with the other vehicles as they are heavily stripped below the solebar due to being part way through AC conversion, and one of the two is on accommodation bogies" from WNXX Forum.

Saturday, 8 December 2018

Like those in the scrap area just now, where there is no apparent change from last week, 9479 is a Mk2D BSO, now in the ownership of Locomotive Services, overhauled at Nemesis, Burton, 2015-17.

66592 4O14 07:20 Lawley Street- Maritime.

66543 4O27 05:21 Garston - Maritime.

66534 66551 66550 0W26 13:50 East Yard - Maritime. 66534 arrived on 6O26 from Hinksey, the others had been on CE work.

70010 4O90 05:27 Leeds - Maritime.

66768 went into the works, emerging as 4E12 13:50 to Peterborough GBRf.

The underwhelming load was single KFA TIPH 93443, which has received bogie attention, after arrival on 11th October. This was running for Freightliner, so it's a puzzle as to why GBRf took it to their depot.

66547 with 4O90 05:27 Leeds -Maritime will enter platform 3 while 158885 has arrived in platform 2 from Romsey (the first Saturday service on the Chandlers Ford line for some weeks, through RMT - SWR industrial action).

66554 leads 4O29 08:50 Basford Hall - Maritime.....

..... which included KFA wagon TIPH 93411 (Rautaruukki, Finland 1987-88) in the consist.

Saturday, 1 December 2018

Observed from the Campbell Road Bridge, this is believed to be either of 800301 or 800312. Note the plastic protection over a cctv camera location, just above the GWR logo.

08810 was seen shunting. Owned by Arriva Traincare, this locomotive was delivered from BR Derby as D3798 on 9th July 1960 to 86A Ebbw Junction. Withdrawn 31st January 2004, to LNWR, and delivered to Eastleigh in December 2014. Now named RICHARD J. WENHAM EASTLEIGH DEPOT DECEMBER 1989 - JULY 1999, this name previously being borne by 08804 and 08442.